Met-enkephalin receptor-mediated increase of membrane fluidity modulates nitric oxide (NO) and cGMP production in rat brain synaptosomes

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 217-224

  Deliconstantinos, George ^a   Villiotou, Vassiliki ^a   Stavrides, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

antinociception; membrane fluidity; Met enkephalin; Nitric oxide (NO); NO synthase (NOS); soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC); synaptosomes

Indexed keywords

1,6 DIPHENYL 1,3,5 HEXATRIENE; CYCLIC GMP; ENKEPHALIN RECEPTOR; METENKEPHALIN; NALOXONE; NITRIC OXIDE; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMAL; ARGININE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYCLIC GMP; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; KINETICS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NALOXONE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; RATS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYNAPTOSOMES; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; ARRHENIUS; SIGMOIDEA; TRITIUM;

EID: 0028941314     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00970547     Document Type: Article

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